CA1193425A - Method and apparatus for fabricating a lightguide preform - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for fabricating a lightguide preform

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CA1193425A
CA1193425A CA000412409A CA412409A CA1193425A CA 1193425 A CA1193425 A CA 1193425A CA 000412409 A CA000412409 A CA 000412409A CA 412409 A CA412409 A CA 412409A CA 1193425 A CA1193425 A CA 1193425A
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tube
soot
preform
exhaust
reactants
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CA000412409A
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French (fr)
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Sei-Joo Jang
Knut D. Pohl
Mansoor A. Saifi
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AT&T Corp
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Western Electric Co Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B7/00—Selective separation of solid materials carried by, or dispersed in, gas currents
    • B07B7/04—Selective separation of solid materials carried by, or dispersed in, gas currents by impingement against baffle separators
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B11/00—Arrangement of accessories in apparatus for separating solids from solids using gas currents
    • B07B11/04—Control arrangements
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B7/00—Selective separation of solid materials carried by, or dispersed in, gas currents
    • B07B7/02—Selective separation of solid materials carried by, or dispersed in, gas currents by reversal of direction of flow
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07B—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, SIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SEPARATING BY OTHER DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL, e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL
    • B07B9/00—Combinations of apparatus for screening or sifting or for separating solids from solids using gas currents; General arrangement of plant, e.g. flow sheets
    • B07B9/02—Combinations of similar or different apparatus for separating solids from solids using gas currents
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD]
    • C03B37/018—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD] by glass deposition on a glass substrate, e.g. by inside-, modified-, plasma-, or plasma modified- chemical vapour deposition [ICVD, MCVD, PCVD, PMCVD], i.e. by thin layer coating on the inside or outside of a glass tube or on a glass rod
    • C03B37/01846—Means for after-treatment or catching of worked reactant gases

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  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Materials Engineering (AREA)
  • Organic Chemistry (AREA)
  • Manufacture, Treatment Of Glass Fibers (AREA)
  • Glass Melting And Manufacturing (AREA)
  • Chemical Vapour Deposition (AREA)
  • Physical Or Chemical Processes And Apparatus (AREA)
  • Surface Treatment Of Glass (AREA)
CA000412409A 1981-10-01 1982-09-28 Method and apparatus for fabricating a lightguide preform Expired CA1193425A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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US06/307,455 US4389229A (en) 1981-10-01 1981-10-01 Methods and apparatus for fabricating a lightguide preform
US307,455 1981-10-01

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CA1193425A true CA1193425A (en) 1985-09-17

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US (1) US4389229A (nl)
JP (1) JPS58145633A (nl)
CA (1) CA1193425A (nl)
DE (1) DE3235465A1 (nl)
FR (1) FR2513987B1 (nl)
GB (1) GB2106892B (nl)
IT (1) IT1156114B (nl)
NL (1) NL191180C (nl)

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IT1156114B (it) 1987-01-28
NL8203822A (nl) 1983-05-02
JPS58145633A (ja) 1983-08-30
DE3235465C2 (nl) 1987-11-19
JPH027889B2 (nl) 1990-02-21
GB2106892A (en) 1983-04-20
NL191180B (nl) 1994-10-03
GB2106892B (en) 1985-02-27
IT8223520A0 (it) 1982-09-29
DE3235465A1 (de) 1983-04-21
FR2513987B1 (fr) 1985-12-20
FR2513987A1 (fr) 1983-04-08
NL191180C (nl) 1995-03-01
US4389229A (en) 1983-06-21

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